Mike Daniels

[run pMc]

The online writers think it's a matter of having bigger, younger, cheaper replacements in house. The $8M cap relief to let go a 30 year old who missed 6 games last year and likely play 3rd down only might be better spent on Kenny Clark and Dean Lowry.

Leaves them thinner depth-wise, and if others don't produce could backfire. He's probably headed to the Browns.

[mraynrand]

He's probably headed to the Browns.

The Packers has a garage sale and Cleveland bought everything. Except Stubby. He was in the “free” box and still they didn’t take him.

[Fritz]

Let's see what happens when the Packers cut Spriggs.

[QBME]

I liked Daniels. Old adage - rather a year early than late??

Yessir.

[QBME]

The Packers has a garage sale and Cleveland bought everything. Except Stubby. He was in the “free” box and still they didn’t take him.

[Bretsky]

Let's see what happens when the Packers cut Spriggs.

DRINKS ON BRETSKY AT THE OVAL OFFICE

[pbmax]

DRINKS ON BRETSKY AT THE OVAL OFFICE

I'll have you and Fritz know that Spriggs is the backup LT right now.

[RashanGary]

DRINKS ON BRETSKY AT THE OVAL OFFICE

As long as I can lick my shot off a strippers crack!

[mraynrand]

As long as I can lick my shot off a strippers crack!

What kind of experience do you have with strippers? Are they nice? What kind of clothing do they wear? What are their favorite drinks? How do they clean 5 dollar bills?

[pbmax]

The case for Daniels. https://www.acmepackingcompany.com/2...g-mike-daniels

I have come down on the side of this that he was gone the minute they got their FA done, specifically Dr. Zaius. They like the yutes Lowry, Lancaster and Adams. And they wanted bigger bodies at the 3 tech. But mainly, Za'Darius is earning Daniels money. If you trust this scheme and the new guys will produce, then you are OK with this. There is a default assumption here, that even with Daniels it wasn't enough. So perhaps others can do better, but they didn't last year.

Daniels is not going to play a dominant pass rush role with the new guy here and that puts his contract in the spotlight. He has a $9.8 mil cap number and his cap percentage is lower this year than last (both an increase in cap a a reduction in his bonuses). His cash cost this year is about $7.1 mil (he already earned whatever portion of $400,000 he is entitled to for the offseason workouts).

And they probably would have traded him by now but he was recovering from his foot injury.

I haven't seen the full cap hit discussion so I don't know where they stood at the start of camp. Maybe they had to have the money or will need it for extensions. In addition to the FA this year, Bach and Clark are up the year after and perhaps $8 million of space helps sign them early.

But Daniels had skills and did not seem injury prone, so even at 30 he probably is productive.

Mike Daniels is still very good.
While Daniels was injured last season, and his conventional stats were not up to his usual standard, he was still a disruptive force on the line. And as Doug Farrar points out in his column at Touchdown Wire, Daniels still brings rare versatility:

“In just 233 passing snaps, he amassed two sacks, three quarterback hits, and 27 quarterback hurries—once again doing so from all over the defensive line. He also posted 18 total stops, pointing to his ability as a run defender.”

The Packers’ scheme under Mike Pettine doesn’t use that many defensive linemen and relies heavily on rotational players. Again, this is fine and makes some degree of sense, but Daniels’ versatility should be extra valuable in the modern NFL. For instance, Matt LaFleur loves to pass out of run-heavy sets to create mismatches for his receivers. Daniels ability as a pass-rusher and run-stopper is the exact antidote to this, as he can keep you out of bad rotations.

They saved $7.1 mil in cash, saved $8 mi is cap space and lost an effective piece in the middle. Maybe those yutes in a rotation fill in adequately and you save the money. But I am nor sure they are Daniels equal. Z. Smith will be inside for pass rush, not on run downs.

But Daniels lost his starting spot ot Wilkerson, so its clear Pettine wants something different here. I hope he is right. We'll know if its working by October.

[mraynrand]

Daniels is disruptive but he has no anchor. He would get wiped out all the time, especially on early downs. I think the want Gary to be Daniels with an anchor so he can play any down and any position

[pbmax]

Daniels is disruptive but he has no anchor. He would get wiped out all the time, especially on early downs. I think the want Gary to be Daniels with an anchor so he can play any down and any position

I haven't seen it from practice yet. but I expect Lowry out there on base downs in his place. Za'Darius on passing downs.

[texaspackerbacker]

I see the Packers signed former Badger, Olive Sagapolu.

[Teamcheez1]

Rumor is Daniels will be signing with the Lions.

[Fritz]

I see the Packers signed former Badger, Olive Sagapolu.

Just read a Detroit Free Press article . . . Lions signing Mike Daniels to a one-year deal.